Don't toss that supermarket lemon. Learn how to grow lemon trees (Citrus x limon) from seeds to produce one of the most fragrant flowering trees around.

Over two thousand years ago, queen Cleopatra of Egypt may have reached for a simple bath tool to scrub her skin with loofah. A light spongelike gourd which is treasured in ancient Egypt as a symbol of ...

Fresh produce has a mischievous streak. You bring home spinach looking like a proud plant parent, tuck it away, and then it quietly plots its escape into mush while you’re busy living life. Bottle ...

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(WGHP) — We grow some of our own vegetables. We grow flowers. But there’s something else you can grow to use in the bathtub. Loofah gourds can be peeled, dried, and then used to exfoliate dead skin.

Ridge gourd, commonly known as turai or luffa, is an underrated vegetable that can add a unique twist to your culinary repertoire. With its mild flavor and spongy texture, ridge gourd can be used in a ...

Watch a luffa/loofah gourd plant growing from a seed to fruit in this 114 days time lapse. After a week the seed was sowed into soil, luffa seedling appeared quickly with lots of vines climbing and ...

Bitter gourd, or karela, offers significant health advantages, including blood sugar regulation and immunity boost. Despite its bitterness, several simple techniques like salting, sun-drying, and ...

It is dehydrated and cut into slices for many uses. The Luffa gourd is a long, zucchini-like item grown on land. Once the fruit is mature, it can be picked from the vine and place in a dry location ...

This is the season when autumnal displays surround us. Decorative gourds seem to appear overnight, as if beamed down from an alien spacecraft: striped, speckled, warted, and winged. Bright bursts of ...

The agricultural weather from the National Weather Service Climate Predication Center 8- to 14-day outlook for Oct. 8 to 14 for our area of the Midwest, continues the seemingly relentless pattern ...